Nicole Berardoni Saphier (born January 26, 1982) is an American medical journalist, radiologist, and writer. She is the director of breast imaging at

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(MSK) Monmouth, New Jersey. She is known for providing her opinions as a contributor on

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and

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Early life and education

Saphier (née Berardoni) was raised in

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. Her father was an attorney and her mother a licensed counselor who worked with children who were victims of abuse and mental illness. She had a child while in high school, stating, "The decision to have my son at a young age was not based on political or religious beliefs. On the contrary, it was based on emotion and a sense of responsibility. Had this happened decades prior, I may have been forced into an unsafe abortion or hidden away during my pregnancy and my child would have been given away. I am grateful to have had the choice to choose life". She graduated with a B.A. from

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. She went to medical school in

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at the

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(class of 2008).

Professional life

After graduating from

in 2008, Saphier completed a five-year

radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...

residency at Maricopa Integrated Health Systems in

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. Following the residency, Saphier completed an Oncologic Imaging Fellowship at the

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Arizona with special interest in

breast imaging In medicine, breast imaging is a sub-speciality of diagnostic radiology that involves imaging of the breasts for screening or diagnostic purposes. There are various methods of breast imaging using a variety of technologies as described in detail ...

. Saphier is a diplomate of the

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and a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Advisory Committee on

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in Young Women. She currently resides in New Jersey, where she sits on the executive and legislative committees of the Radiological Society of

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. She is also part of the advisory committee to the New Jersey Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Saphier has been a medical contributor to several television news channels, most notably

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. She is featured as a regular guest/host on panel TV shows such as ''

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'', '' Outnumbered'', ''Mornings with Maria,

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,'' '' Fox News Saturday Night'' and '' The Five''.

Personal life

Saphier is a

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. She is married to Paul Saphier, an

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neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, ...

, whom she met in medical school; they have two sons together.

Books

Saphier is the author of the national best-selling book ''Make America Healthy Again: How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion Dollar Crisis''. In the book, Saphier submits that "by getting healthier, we can reduce the astronomical cost of treatment. We don't need socialized medicine--we need to take better care of ourselves." She has also written ''Panic Attack: Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19'', claiming that politicians have distorted the science around COVID-19 in order to score points against their opponents.

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